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Topic Review (Newest First)

12-18-2012 11:22 AM

wkndracer

Posting pics of another members build because he did such a fine job with it. The journal details on all aspects of his tank including the dry start are fantastic!

Time to start on the plumbing. With the great help from a fellow club member Jarrell, with access to some really neat equipment for cutting stuff, we put together the wet\dry sump this weekend.

The tank is a 40 breeder. There are 2 one inch inlets (the bulkheads) that stick down into a noise reduction chamber on the sides, the water then flows up and over the filter sock plate, down through the socks and then out through an opening that is level with the diffuser plate for the bio chamber. It then flows through the bio balls, out the bottom and through a bubble reduction area before hitting the sump. The sump has a built-in float control that will be attached to a RO system to refill for evaporation. The sump also contains the Mag 18 fractioning pump and heater(s) not sure how many heaters I will need at this point but there is plenty of room to add more.

My thanks again go out to Jarrell for all his help with this build.

Waiting on another bulkhead (in the mail) to finish it up. The really nice part of this filter is that top lid covers the entire sock and bio chambers to create a very tight seal to keep the CO2 in place.

12-18-2012 03:59 AM

HD Blazingwolf

nice layout
very clean setup

12-18-2012 01:53 AM

Micky75

Built this sump from a 55 gallon tank over the weekend for my 210 tank.

here is my 55g sump on my 33g long. It was pretty cheap to build, since i already had the tank. Using a harbor freight pump (like $20, with a 3 year warranty) to pump water back to the display. I will be outfitting the "fuge" with substrate soon and i may change the sump light to a CFL (in a vertical position) with a clamp lamp reflector

Aren't your sump and tank sizes backwards?

Sent from a dark corner in my happy place

12-13-2012 06:55 PM

biogenetic40379

here is my 55g sump on my 33g long. It was pretty cheap to build, since i already had the tank. Using a harbor freight pump (like $20, with a 3 year warranty) to pump water back to the display. I will be outfitting the "fuge" with substrate soon and i may change the sump light to a CFL (in a vertical position) with a clamp lamp reflector

If you want to see elaborate sumps you should see reef sumps since they usually have much more equipment inside (protien skimmers & etc) and they have more partitions too (baffles).

But beautiful...

The beauty in most sumps out there is the function and the form is just a means of making the application of all things inside the sump practical.

Highly Planned...

Yeah Sumps take some planning. ( space in cabinet under display, refugium or not, type of filtration in sump, heaters space, pluming & etc.) but realy Its not difficult at all.

We all have are reasons on why we use what we use, but I much rather have a sump under a display than a canister.

I look at my display tanks my sumps are on the bottom and some behind cabinet doors

I also like using sumps for shrimp and fry refugiums.

For size it realy all depends on the amount of drainage before overflow siphon breaks and also on what you intend on placing/using inside the sump. I try to match @ least 30% actual water volume of the display tank. For example: 10G sump under 29G or 20H under a 55G

I will try and post more pics of my humble fishroom sumps including and acrylic diy sump later on.

+1, here's my sump from my reefing days, its in the process of being converted to a Iwagumi planted tank so the sumps complexity will drop tremendously

12-12-2012 08:17 PM

JoeGREEEN

on with the Ugly

These are some of the sumps in my lil' fishroom

The last pic is a DIY sump I built out of cellcast acrylic sheets,(i had the acrylic company cut to size) I had a remaining bit and used it for side bracing even though the eurobracing and acrylic partitions/chambers were more than enuff support. I guess overdid it because it was my first build, well @ least I dont have to worry about it.

Oh and I took these pictures late last night and this morning, hence the displays are not lit.

no offense intended but i always thought sumps were beautiful, highly planned, highly scientific works of art and feats of plumbing....eye opening thread!

whats the general rule of thumb for sizing a sump to a tank?

If you want to see elaborate sumps you should see reef sumps since they usually have much more equipment inside (protien skimmers & etc) and they have more partitions too (baffles).

But beautiful...

The beauty in most sumps out there is the function and the form is just a means of making the application of all things inside the sump practical.

Highly Planned...

Yeah Sumps take some planning. ( space in cabinet under display, refugium or not, type of filtration in sump, heaters space, pluming & etc.) but realy Its not difficult at all.

We all have are reasons on why we use what we use, but I much rather have a sump under a display than a canister.

I look at my display tanks my sumps are on the bottom and some behind cabinet doors

I also like using sumps for shrimp and fry refugiums.

For size it realy all depends on the amount of drainage before overflow siphon breaks and also on what you intend on placing/using inside the sump. I try to match @ least 30% actual water volume of the display tank. For example: 10G sump under 29G or 20H under a 55G

I will try and post more pics of my humble fishroom sumps including and acrylic diy sump later on.

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